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Odontispa

Odontispa is a genus of beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. It was erected as a monospecific genus in 1940 by Erich Uhmann, with Prosopodonta latipennis as the type and sole species, and is placed within the tribe Chalepini. Two species are known, both from Brazil.

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Odontispa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Cassidinae
Tribe: Chalepini
Genus: Odontispa
Uhmann, 1940
Type species
Prosopodonta latipennis
Pic, 1928

Odontispa is a genus of beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. It was erected as a monospecific genus in 1940 by Erich Uhmann, with Prosopodonta latipennis as the type and sole species, and is placed within the tribe Chalepini.1 Two species are known, both from Brazil.2

Species

This genus includes the following species:1

References

References

  1. Staines, C. L. (2012). "Tribe Chalepini" (PDF). Catalog of the Hispines of the World (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. p. 121. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 August 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  2. Staines, C. L. (2002). "The New World Tribes and Genera of Hispines (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 104 (3): 767. ISSN 0013-8797. OCLC 630167895 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.